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St. Michael Cemetery

Address: 5437 160th Street, SE, Prior Lake

History

History of the St. Michael Cemetery written by Rev. C.J. Farrell, Pastor – July 1, 1940
Shortly after the removal of the old church building from Spring Lake in 1908 to its new site in Prior Lake, there grew a need that a local cemetery be secured. Some years later, four acres of land situated north east of the village of Prior Lake was purchased for a cemetery. Due to a disastrous church fire Easter Sunday, 1921, very little additional work was done to the cemetery.

In 1936, a popular move to perpetuate the revered memory of the late Father John Deere who had served the Catholics of Credit River and the vicinity of Prior Lake for thirty years was begun in the raising of a magnificent crucifix in the center of the cemetery.

Cost

Grave Site Costs
Grave cost for single grave:

  • $600 parishioner
  • $900 parishioner double cremation burial
  • $800 non-parishioner
  • $1200 non-parishioner double cremation burial
  • Perpetual care fee to be assessed for additional burial within an existing occupied grave (cremation only).

Grave open/close cost:

  • $700 Full casket burial
  • $350 Cremation burial
  • $130 Cremation vault if handled by Cemetery Committee

Columbarium cost:

  • $600 Single Niche; Individual Niche Plaque NS-48 $184
  • $1200 Double Niche; Companion Niche Plaque NS-49 $202
  • $50 for open/close of niche

Staking fees:

  • $50 staking fee for new monuments, foot markers and service markers placed on graves in cemetery. Committee member stakes out new monument, foot markers and service marker placement for monument companies.

For more information please contact Steve Schmid, Cemetery Committee Chair, at 952-210-7025.

Rules & Regulations

St. Michael Cemetery is holy ground. In order to help maintain the sanctity of the cemetery, the following guidelines are issued to help maintain the dignity and reverence of this holy place.

  1. Flowers, plants and shrubbery may not be planted on the gravesites or anywhere in the cemetery.
  2. Wilted flowers and faded artificial flowers will be removed.
  3. Toys, figurines, statues, memorabilia and vigil or solar lights are prohibited on gravesites. Maintenance personnel will remove these items. Items will be stored and can be retrieved by calling the chairman of the Cemetery Committee.
  4. All live plants or artificial flowers must be in baskets or vases and placed on grave monuments.
  5. The Church of St. Michael Cemetery Rules and Regulations give monument specifications.
  6. The cemetery is open from dawn to dusk.Rules and Regulations can be reviewed at the Church of St. Michael Business Office or at the Cemetery main entrance.Please visit the Cemetery Committee page for more information about joining this committee or volunteering at the St. Michael Cemetery.